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Paraag Marathe enters his seventh season with the 49ers and third as director of football operations. Previously, he spent one season as assistant to the general manager and three seasons as special projects manager in the 49ers personnel and football operations departments. In his current role, Marathe is the club’s chief contract negotiator and coordinates its compliance with the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement. He is also responsible for the management of the club’s salary cap as well as multi-year forecasting at both the individual club and league level. Marathe serves as the liaison with the team’s business office and CFO with regards to player compensation. In his time with the 49ers, Marathe has developed new systems within football operations to better understand and predict market trends on player contracts and their salary cap ramifications. He has also developed new methods and systems for evaluating and acquiring players for the College Draft and at the NFL professional level. He also manages the club’s research and development efforts and assists with budgeting for various football administrative departments. Marathe also frequently conducts special assignments within both the business and football sides of the organization for Owner John York and Head Coach Mike Nolan. Prior to joining the 49ers, Marathe worked at management consulting firm Bain & Company from 1999-01 as a Senior Associate Consultant, where he advised clients in a variety of industries including private equity, leveraged buyout, software, retail, sports footwear and health clubs. Before that, Marathe worked in the corporate consulting group at the International Management Group (IMG) from 1997-99, where he concentrated primarily on stadium naming rights deals and corporate sponsorships.
Born in Sunnyvale, CA, Marathe received his bachelor’s degree with high honors from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and received his master’s in business administration (MBA) from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Marathe and his wife, Naya, reside in Sunnyvale, CA. | 